A section of the headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority was gutted by fire today. This is coming 11 months after property worth billions of naira were destroyed after protesters set the NPA headquarters on fire during #EndSARS protest in October 2020. It was learnt that the fire was caused […]
Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today appeared in court to testify on the ongoing trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and Nadabo Energy Limited for alleged N761.6m subsidy fraud. The case which is before Justice S.S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos state high court, Ikeja, was […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says the south-east region will go on a one-month lockdown, if the federal government fails to bring Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, to court on October 21. On July 26, Binta Nyako, judge of the federal high court, Abuja, adjourned the trial of Kanu till […]
The supreme court has fixed November 1 to hear a suit on the disputed ownership of 17 oil wells between Rivers and Imo states. Previously, the court had issued an order restraining the federal government and its agencies from ceding 17 oil wells to Imo state. The oil wells, located […]
At least 353 Nigerian doctors have been registered to work in the United Kingdom in the last 100 days. Checks on the website of the General Medical Council – the body which licenses and maintains the official register of medical practitioners in the UK – showed that the GMC licensed […]
The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) has dismissed claims that Obadiah Mailafia, the former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), was treated shabbily at the facility before his death on Sunday morning. On Monday, the Middle Belt Forum claimed Mailafia endured a miserable ordeal in the […]
Ethiopian Airlines says it will resume flights to Enugu state on October 1, more than two years after suspending operations due to airport repairs. Shimeles Arage, the airline’s general manager, disclosed the planned resumption in a statement on Sunday, according to NAN. He said the flights would operate on Wednesdays, […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it will soon deploy drones at the Seme border in Lagos state for effective patrol and to check smuggling activities. Modupe Aremu, NCS zone A coordinator and an assistant comptroller-general (ACG), disclosed this yesterday, during a working visit to the Seme area command. According […]
A high court in Abia state has adjourned hearing in the suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the federal government. K. C. J. Okereke, the presiding judge, adjourned the matter till October 7 following the failure of some of the respondents, […]
Nigerians living in New York, US, staged a solidarity march for the Muhammadu Buhari administration yesterday. The protesters converged near the United Nations Secretariat ahead of the UN general assembly (UNGA) which is expected to commence today. President Buhari is in New York for the UNGA and will address the […]
